C. S. Lewis
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Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963): one of the world's most influential Christian thinkers and authors. Tweets by @harperonebooks and the C.S. Lewis estate
"The safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." - The Screwtape Letters ©1942 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.
The Four Laughs, a look at humor from Screwtape's perspective, is live on Substack! Written by @joshcarlosjosh open.substack.com/pub/cslewisoff…
"Once you have made the Word an end, and faith a means…it makes very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing. Provided that meetings, pamphlets, policies, movements, causes and crusades, matter more to him than prayers and sacraments and charity, he is ours—and…
“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them." - The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis ©1942 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.
“Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones. Aggravate that most useful human characteristic, the horror and neglect of the obvious.” -The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis ©1942 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.
Discussing The Screwtape Letters, 3-4 this week over on Substack! cslewisofficial.substack.com
“One of our greatest allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest…
“Your business is to fix his attention on the stream. Teach him to call it ‘real life’ and don’t let him ask what he means by ‘real’...Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy’s!) you don’t realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the…
Have you ever wondered what inspired the writing of The Screwtape Letters? 🖋️ This summer we are reading through this iconic masterpiece together with written reflections on the text, excerpts, and discussion questions--join us at cslewisofficial.substack.com #bookclub #cslewis…
Read an excerpt from C.S. Lewis's first published book, Spirits in Bondage, written in the wake of his time as a soldier in WW1. #poetry #MemorialDay open.substack.com/pub/cslewisoff…
“In grief nothing ‘stays put.’ One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral? But if a spiral, am I going up or down it?” - A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis. © 1961 CS Lewis Pte…
Head to C.S. Lewis Official Substack for this month's post on A Grief Observed! open.substack.com/pub/cslewisoff…
Has this powerful book left its mark on you yet? 🤍📖 #agriefobserved #cslewis #grief
“We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Neither this belief nor any other will automatically remain alive in the mind. It must be fed.” Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis © 1952 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.
"Some people may feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don’t agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take to them, our share in the Passion of Christ." - Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer…
C.S. Lewis's spiritual memoir Surprised by Joy recounts his faith journey—from growing up in Belfast to the trenches of WW1, and culminating in his conversion to Christianity. The twists and turns of his life will inspire all who long for true joy.
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“Before I became a Christian I do not think I fully realized that one’s life, after conversion, would inevitably consist in doing most of the same things one had been doing before, one hopes, in a new spirit, but still the same things.” - C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory © 1949…
Come join us on Substack for weekly writings on C.S. Lewis's life and works. This month we are looking at Till We Have Faces! cslewisofficial.substack.com
